Two South Africa-based tech security firms, Nclose and Check Point, have joined forces to offer customers enhanced security by harbouring encryption technology.
Nclose and Check Point offer online protection for devices such as mobile phones and laptops.
Laptop theft is one of the most prolific mobile device thefts. The situation becomes more dangerous when the laptop belongs to a business and has sensitive company information. Encryption makes sure that a third party in case of theft does not read information in the devices. Few companies however take such a threat seriously, according to the firms.
“Simply setting a password to limit access to a laptop is not nearly enough,” Martin Potgieter, one of the Nclose directors says. He is notably disturbed about device security levels in most companies.
“A laptop hard-drive removed from a password protected laptop is easily accessed by placing it into another computer,” he added while emphasizing the need for more security measures.
To add to the security options, the company announced their new partnership with Check Point on their website last week.
“Nclose has partnered with Check Point to provide its customers with full disk and removable media protection. Check Point provides seamless security for all information on endpoint hard drives, including user data, operating system files and temporary and erased files,” the company announced.
